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Natural leach field cleaners

Aug 7th, 2012
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There are many things taught to you by your grandmother. She taught you recipes, life lessons, and even strategies to handle money. One of the things she taught was how to take care of your septic system. She said that you should just place a cake of yeast in the septic tank and just leave it alone. According to her, the yeast is one of the best natural leach field cleaners available. A septic system is a self-maintaining system that should be left alone to do its work.

 It was almost time for the scheduled maintenance of your leach field when your grandmother decided to pay you a long visit, which equates to about a month long stay. The day you picked her up at the airport, you decided to save on time and drop by the local septic shop to buy the additives that you need for the upcoming maintenance day. When your grandmother asked where you were, you answered her casually. Her eyes widened at what you were going to buy but instead of fully arguing with you, she decided to go inside with you and see what your modern septic shop had to offer.

The store owner assisted you with your septic supply shopping. Your grandmother just couldn’t hide her skepticism at the numerous additives or cleaners that lined the shelves. You looked at the shop owner with an apologetic look and just told him that you needed some natural leach field cleaners. After a few minutes, your order was prepared and packed. Your grandmother’s eyebrows were raised when you placed the cleaners in the back seat. She said that the septic shop before was a bakery. She just ordered a cake of yeast and that was it. 

There was no point in arguing with her in the car. You just told her that the modern septic tanks required more than a cake of yeast to survive the torture of wastewater. She actually didn’t know how a septic system worked. After you brought in her things, you brought her to the kitchen to have some milk and cookies as you prepared dinner. 

You began by saying that the septic system is the wastewater treatment system of your entire household. All the wastes from your home go to the septic tank and stay there until the effluent goes to the leach field and the solid wastes are separated from the effluent to be degraded by the anaerobic bacteria. With the help of the anaerobic bacteria in the tank degrade the solid wastes and create the sludge layer. Meanwhile, the aerobic bacteria purify the effluent before it is returned to the surrounding environment. 

Your grandmother argues with her yeast practice but you explained that the yeasts only accelerate the accumulation of the sludge layer and contribute greatly to the clogging of the leach field. If the leach field gets clogged heavily, the aerobic bacteria get killed off and don’t get to purify the effluent anymore. The clogging also prevents the soil absorption system to absorb the outgoing wastewater, thus resulting to the backup of sewage into the home or onto the yard. This is why the septic tank has to be pumped out regularly as scheduled and the leach field should be cleaned as scheduled as well. 

Natural leach field cleaners should be used because they contain non-pathogenic bacteria that help accelerate the breakdown of the solid wastes. And because these products are composed of bacteria, they do not have harmful chemicals that could harm the already existing bacterial population, the tank, the components, and the surrounding environment. The bacteria in the septic tank and in the leach field should be well taken care of so that the efficiency of the system can be maintained.

Your grandmother admitted that she didn’t really know how the yeast cakes she dumped into their septic tank before benefited the system. It was just something that her own mother told her to do. As you served up dinner, your grandmother realized that the modern times have benefits and the use of natural leach field cleaners were most beneficial.

Natural raised mound cleaners

Jun 13th, 2012
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With your hands on your waist, you sweep a lingering gaze at your newly constructed lawn. It was just perfect. It mixed well with the raised mound that you had installed. At first, it wasn’t easy to accept the fact that your raised mound septic system was to be above the surface for everyone to see. It was a bit weird to explain to those who would ask what that mound was but thanks to your skilled landscape architect, you will no longer have that lengthy, awkward conversation with guests and neighbors.

Your children didn’t quite like the idea of having a raised mound septic system. It graphically grossed them out to be looking at a raised sand mound septic system in the back yard. But because the landscaping design subtly concealed the mound, they were convinced that the lawn was still a great place to hang out especially with the gazebo feature. The following week, you will be having a birthday barbeque for your youngest son. You told yourself that you had to make sure everything will be the very best that day, especially for your raised mound system. There should be no room for septic smells or raw sewage odors during the party. And you knew that you were going to be a big part of that. As the one who always coordinated with the septic professional in your area, you were the only one who knew a great deal about the care and maintenance of your raised mound. A huge part of this was to make sure that the raised mound was cleaned on schedule.

You were aware that there are existing manufacturers that manipulate homeowners like you into buying cheap raised mound cleaning products that promise you a cancellation of your pumping responsibilities. They tell consumers that when their products are used, backups will no longer be in existence. They promise you that you will have more money for your needs than for the repair or replacement of your raised mound. These were just formulated propagandas to make you purchase the said promising products. If you do try them, all they would result to would be system and environmental chaos. As the homeowner, you still have to stick to the cleaning and pumping out schedule of your raised mound. The sludge accumulates as wastewater continually fills your tank. Your septic professional told you that if you learned to manage your sludge, bacteria, and tank, you would never have a problem with your raised mound. Everything would follow once you do it right at the start.

During pumping out and cleaning, you have established the idea that your raised mound system and the environment would be better off with natural cleaners. This would help you maintain the bacterial population and help conserve the surrounding waters as well. Natural raised mound septic system cleaners concentrate on using non-pathogenic bacteria to increase the efficiency of the already existing bacteria in the tank. It is like having the cavalry arrive to help gain control against the enemies. The solid waste materials would then be degraded a lot faster, making the effluent get dispersed into the sand filter much faster. The bacteria present in the soil absorption system would then do their job of purifying the effluent much better, getting rid of the pathogens that’s detrimental to your household and the surrounding environment.

As the septic professional cleared your raised mound as pumped out and cleaned on schedule using the natural raised mound cleaners, you gave yourself a pat on the back. You were already sure that your son’s barbeque party will be filled with a cloud of delicious barbeque aroma and not septic smells. That afternoon, you and your wife decided to give the yard a test run before the actual party. Your wife made burger patties and marinated vegetables and fruits for a barbeque dinner. When she went out, she gave you your grill master apron as you took over. The kids and your faithful golden retriever sat in anticipation while they entertained themselves with a PS3 game. It will definitely be a barbeque party to remember.